Massachusetts College of Art and Design | Continuing Education | Summer 2008 Courses

DESCRIPTION
An introduction to architecture as a social art involving responsibility to inhabitants, form, and material within public and private contexts. Projects demonstrate evaluation of program choices, building systems, methods, and craft. Students develop skills in transforming design ideas into built form.

INSTRUCTOR
TBD

DESCRIPTION
Students develop technical drawing skills through exploration in various media using architectural or industrial design contexts. Introduces various drawing techniques. Attention is given to 3D material rendition, construction means, and form characteristics through measuring, documentation, and transformation into 2D drawing. Freehand and hard line drawing including plan, section, elevation, axonometric, isometric, and perspective.

INSTRUCTOR
Julie Carbin is an architectural designer. She holds a BFA from MassArt and an Master of Architecture from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

SPECIAL SCHEDULE
F, 2-6pm Jun 6, 13, 20 & Sa/Su, 9a-4p, Jun 6-22

DESCRIPTION
Current professional architectural design and drafting software is introduced in the context of space planning for domestic, educational, commercial and industrial uses. The process of planning space is covered from interviewing the client, measuring and documenting existing space and equipment, understanding the needs of users, applying building codes, ergonomic requirements, and accessibility laws, producing several logical preliminary schemes, to finally developing a complete set of working drawings for the scheme selected, using the 2D features of AutoCAD. Typical projects include space use, reflected ceiling, dimensions and details, and material and color plans.

INSTRUCTOR
John Oliver Hansen holds a BA from Cornell College and Master of Architecture from The Ohio State University. He is owner of Dexigngarage Residential, LLC, providing residential architectural design services and project management. He was formerly project manager and lead designer for Columbus Neighborhood Design Assistance Center in Columbus, OH.

DESCRIPTION
This class is for students without prior undergraduate structures experience who are entering the graduate architecture program, or for those who require a refresher course. It covers structural calculation and building methods for wood, steel and some masonry construction. It includes typical beam, column, compound section and truss analysis in applied situations. Students complete daily homework and 2 exams. No prerequisites, but students should have had high school algebra.

INSTRUCTOR
Meg Hickey is a registered architect, Professor of Architectural Design and Chair of the Environmental Design department at MassArt. She holds a BArch and BS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT.

DESCRIPTION
This class is for students without prior undergraduate structures experience who are entering the graduate architecture program, or for those who require a refresher course. It covers structural calculation and building methods for wood, steel and some masonry construction. It includes typical beam, column, compound section and truss analysis in applied situations. Students complete daily homework and 2 exams. No prerequisites, but students should have had high school algebra.

INSTRUCTOR
Meg Hickey is a registered architect, Professor of Architectural Design and Chair of the Environmental Design department at MassArt. She holds a BArch and BS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT.